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Tuesday, Nov 3rd 2015

Gran Premio Generali de la Valenciana MotoGP 2015   Round 18 Marquez and Pedrosa en route to Valencia for 2015 season finale Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa are headed for the ultimate race of 2015 in front of their home fans. The MotoGP race at the Circuito de la Comunitat Valenciana is held on a 4km track comprising of five right handed corners, eight left handers and a 650m straight. Although the track is regarded as quite small, the stadium style grandstands can seat up to 150,000 spectators. With their recent run of form – winning the last three races – the Repsol Honda Team will be hoping to make it four in a row this weekend, ending the season on a high note and putting the situation in Malaysia between Marc and Rossi behind them. Marc, who won in Phillip Island but unfortunately crashed out in Sepang after contact with Rossi, has enjoyed three podiums at this track including two victories – 2014 (MotoGP) and 2012 (Moto2). Dani, who has won two of the last three races (Malaysia and Japan), has a fantastic record here celebrating ten podiums which include six 1st positions – 2012, 2009, 2007 (MotoGP), 2005, 2004 (250cc), 2002 (125cc).

Marc Marquez  93 Championship Standing: 3rd - 222 points "It’s been a difficult week after what happened in Sepang but I’ve tried my best to put it behind me and concentrate on my training and looking forward to the final race of the season. We want to finish on a high note so we will work hard from Friday to get the bike setup well and give ourselves the best chance for the race. I’ve had mixed results here in the past but I enjoy racing here in front of the home fans. I hope the events of the past week can be put behind us and we can focus on the race."

Marc Marquez Statistics Date of Birth 17/02/1993 Birthplace Lleida, (Catalonia) – Spain Height 168 cm Weight 59 kg Hobbies Mountain Biking, Video games Racing Number 93 First Race 1998 “Enduro per nens” Grand Prix Debut 2008 125cc Portugal GP (KTM 125 FRR) GPs raced 131 GP pole positions 58 (14 in 125cc, 14 in 250cc, 30 in MotoGP) Total GP podiums 77 (14 x 125cc, 25 x Moto2, 38 x MotoGP) Total GP wins 50 (10 x 125cc, 16 x Moto2, 24 x MotoGP) First GP Win 2010 125cc Italian GP (Derbi RSA 125) World titles 4 (1 x 125cc - 2010, 1 x Moto2 - 2012, 2 x MotoGP - 2013, 2014) Previous Results in Valencia 2014 1st (MotoGP), 2013 3rd (MotoGP), 2012 1st (Moto2), 2011 DNS (Moto2), 2010 4th (125cc), 2009 17th (Moto2) More Statistics

Dani Pedrosa  26 Championship Standing: 4th - 190 points "It’s been a great but tiring few weeks. We’ve worked hard and won two races and this is something I couldn’t have imagined in Qatar at the beginning of the year. Now we arrive in Valencia for the final race of 2015 and it would be great to finish with another victory. I’ve had good results here in the past so I hope to be able to put on a good show in front of all the Spanish fans and fight for the win."

Dani Pedrosa Statistics Date of Birth 29/09/1985 Birthplace Sabadell, (Catalonia) – Spain Height 160 cm Weight 51kg Hobbies Cycling, Motocross, Windsurfing, Cinema Racing number 26 First race 1997 Pocket bike race Grand Prix debut 2001. 125cc Japanese GP, Suzuka – (Honda RS125R) GPs raced 241 GP pole positions 46 (9 in 125cc, 9 in 250cc, 28 in MotoGP) Total GP podiums 139 (17 x 125cc, 24 x 250cc, 99 x MotoGP) Total GP wins 51 (8 x 125cc, 15 x 250cc, 28 x MotoGP) First GP win 2002. 125cc Dutch GP, Assen – (Honda RS125R) World titles 3 (1 x 125cc - 2003, 2 x 250cc - 2004, 2005) Previous Results in Valencia 2014 3rd (MotoGP), 2013 2nd (MotoGP), 2012 1st (MotoGP), 2011 5th (MotoGP), 2010 7th (MotoGP), 2009 1st (MotoGP), 2008 2nd (MotoGP), 2007 1st (MotoGP), 2006 4th (MotoGP), 2005 1st (250cc), 2004 1st (250cc), 2003 DNS (125cc), 2002 1st (125cc), 2001 3rd (125cc) More Statistics

Rider Standings Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor 1 ROSSI Valentino 46 ITA 312 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 2 LORENZO Jorge 99 SPA 305 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 3 MARQUEZ Marc 93 SPA 222 Repsol Honda Team Honda 4 PEDROSA Dani 26 SPA 190 Repsol Honda Team Honda 5 IANNONE Andrea 29 ITA 188 Ducati Team Ducati 6 SMITH Bradley 38 GBR 171 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 7 DOVIZIOSO Andrea 4 ITA 153 Ducati Team Ducati 8 CRUTCHLOW Cal 35 GBR 118 LCR Honda Honda 9 PETRUCCI Danilo 9 ITA 107 Pramac Racing Ducati 10 ESPARGARO Pol 44 SPA 103 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 11 ESPARGARO Aleix 41 SPA 97 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 12 VINALES Maverick 25 SPA 92 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 13 REDDING Scott 45 GBR 83 Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 14 HERNANDEZ Yonny 68 COL 53 Pramac Racing Ducati 15 BARBERA Hector 8 SPA 33 Avintia Racing Ducati 16 BAUTISTA Alvaro 19 SPA 29 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 17 BAZ Loris 76 FRA 28 Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 18 BRADL Stefan 6 GER 17 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 19 MILLER Jack 43 AUS 17 LCR Honda Honda 20 HAYDEN Nicky 69 USA 16 Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 21 LAVERTY Eugene 50 IRE 9 Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 22 PIRRO Michele 51 ITA 8 Ducati Team Ducati 23 NAKASUGA Katsuyuki 21 JPN 8 Yamaha Factory Racing Team Yamaha 24 DI MEGLIO Mike 63 FRA 8 Avintia Racing Ducati 25 AOYAMA Hiroshi 7 JPN 5 AB Motoracing Honda 26 TAKAHASHI Takumi 72 JPN 4 Team HRC with NISSIN Honda 27 ELIAS Toni 24 SPA 2 Athina Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 28 DE ANGELIS Alex 15 RSM 2 E-Motion IodaRacing Team ART

Team Standings Pos. Team Points 1 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 617 2 Repsol Honda Team 417 3 Ducati Team 341 4 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 274 5 Team Suzuki Ecstar 189 6 Pramac Racing 160 7 LCR Honda 135 8 Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS 83 9 Avintia Racing 41 10 Athina Forward Racing 39 11 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 37 12 Aspar MotoGP Team 25 13 Team HRC with NISSIN 4 14 E-Motion IodaRacing Team 2 15 AB Motoracing 0

Constructor Standings Pos. Team Points 1 Yamaha 382 2 Honda 335 3 Ducati 247 4 Suzuki 129 5 Forward Yamaha 35 6 Aprilia 34 7 ART 2

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Location Information The Circuito de la Comunitat Valenciana was completed in 1999 and held rounds of the MotoGP and Spanish Motorcycle Championships in the same year. The Cheste track has several layouts, running anti-clockwise with varying lengths. MotoGP events are held on a 4km track comprising of five right handed corners, eight… read more.

Length 4.005 kilometres / 2.489 miles Width 12 metres Left corners 9 Right corners 5 Longest straight 0.876 kilometres / 0.544 miles Constructed 1999 Circuit Records Pole Position 1m 30.237s (159.7km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2013) Race Lap 1m 31.515s (157.5km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2014) Race Time 46m 10.302s (156.1 km/h) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2013) 2014 Race Winner Marc Marquez (Honda) Circuito de la Comunidad Valenciana Ricardo Tormo, Cheste, Spain –  View in Google Maps www.circuitvalencia.com

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